Author Archives: Meisaan Chan

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About Meisaan Chan

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How slowly I began to numb over

How slowly I began to numb over – as how ice freezes over a deep lake: Not all at once, but it starts at the edges, moving inward until all was frozen over, and then thicker, deeper yet even still, … Continue reading

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Praise feeds in ways that food cannot

Praise feeds in ways that food cannot; work as you must, but do not neglect to praise © Meisaan Chan

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Trusting in God

Trusting in God entails trusting in the voice of the Infinite instead of the infinite voices © Meisaan Chan  

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You are so beautiful

You are so beautiful, my love, says the Lord and the ways you struggle to love me make me love you more a miracle – that Infinity can love you more! – That is what you do to me © … Continue reading

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Saturated with God

I enter this world empty-handed and empty-handed I leave it saturated with God © Meisaan Chan

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What is my life for?

What is my life for? It is not for riches It is not for power It is not for prestige It is not to go to the grave being right; It is to go to the grave praising © Meisaan … Continue reading

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I am yet larger

I am yet larger: Remember this © Meisaan Chan

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Says the Potter

Authenticity is what I want, says the Lord; transformation comes when I work with clay not its image © Meisaan Chan

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Non-self

I am not my race. I am not my income. I am not my education. I am not my culture. I am not my body. I am not my identity. © Meisaan Chan

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Break this death

My body fears me and I fear my body: Break this death, O Lord © Meissan Chan

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